Hurricane Jose Recap

Jose, a long-lived tropical system in the western Atlantic caused tropical storm force winds from the northern Leeward Islands to southeastern New England. Elevated seas were reported across the U.S. seaboard. 

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Jose first became a tropical storm on Sept. 5, 2017, and became a hurricane on Sept. 6. Jose continued to strengthen and reached major hurricane status, Category 3 or higher, on Sept 7. Early on Sept. 8, Jose had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph and then underwent a period of rapid intensification with maximum sustained winds reaching 155 mph by that night.

After completing its loop, it moved northward before stalling south of the New England Coast on Sept. 21. Jose became a post-tropical cyclone on the night of Sept. 21.

Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard received winds gusts in excess of 50 mph throughout the day on Thursday, and these continued into early Friday morning. Nantucket has reported wind gusts as high as 62 mph and Block Island measured a wind gust of 61 mph early Friday. Wind gusts up to 58 mph were recorded in East Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Block Island, Rhode Island, reported sustained winds of 41 mph late Wednesday morning, and trees have been downed in numerous locations across eastern Massachusetts through early Friday. Just over six inches of rain fell on Nantucket through early Friday.